Blondie

Pretty Baby

3 Meanings

Add Yours

Q&A

Pretty Baby Lyrics

Stars live in the evening but the very young need the sun
Pretty baby you look so heavenly
A neo nebula from under the sun
I was forming some say I had my chance
The boys were falling like an avalanche
ya' ya' baby "La Dolce Vita" is a magic dance
No one was listening
Pretty baby petite ingenue teenage starlet I fell in love with you
You you with the comb
YOu look ok in every way
Ah I should have known you'd look at me and look away oh
Pretty baby you look so heavenly
A neo nebula from under the sun
Eyes that tell me "incense and peppermints"
Your looks are larger than life
Long live innocence
Petite ingenue I fell in love with you

Submitted by

spliphstar On Apr 15, 2002

Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks!

These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators.

You must be logged in to edit lyrics.

Unable to save lyrics. Please try again.

Lyrics cannot contain links.

Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours.

Keep it true to the song

Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

spliphstar

Submitter

2002-04-15 12:01:04

3 Meanings

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Sort by

by indiebopper

18y ago

no comments?! not only my favourite blondie song, but one of my favourite songs fullstop! the meaning is pretty obvious falling in love with an innocent teenage starlet one of the best off parallel lines before blondie went all 80s and disco

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

by crakkerjakk

16y ago

I heard Debbie Harry wrote this song for Brooke Shields after seeing the film "Pretty Baby", but it was years ago when I heard this and I can't find any information on it.. The timeline of the release of the film and the "Parallel Lines" album does make it seem plausible, as well as the obvious match of titles of the film and song, but can anyone confirm that this song was written for child-star Brooke Shields or know anymore about the story behind it?

Users:

Reply · 2 Share

by jenniferlayshit 16y ago

Yes! She says it's about Brooke here; right before she sings the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSq9wvgFkuU

by crakkerjakk 16y ago

Thanks for the info.. ;)

by SilverScreen89

14y ago

This is just perfect. No other band could ever write a pop punk song as perfect as this one here. It's got a dreamy kind of mood, but still a naive kind of sexy feel as well. Of course, it's all very working class glamorous, which is the Blondie feel throughout. It's playful. Basically, it's everything.

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.